Best History Museums Spot List

Learn how Hideyoshi Toyotomi bathed

You’ll feel as if you’ve gone back in time to prehistoric times.

A classical red brick building

A secret underground cavern! Enjoy seeing historical Oya Stone and panoramic views.

An exhibit featuring contact and change between Eastern and Western cultures

The second-oldest national museum in Japan, located in Nara Park. It boasts the nation's greatest collection of Buddhist art.

An octagonal, three-story western-style home in Maiko Park

This is a museum where you can enjoy learning the 400 years of history and culture of Edo-Tokyo.

Hokkaido's oldest museum of Ainu culture, with exhibits featuring lifestyle objects and clothing

Passing down Ainu lifestyle and culture

Buildings that saw actual usage offer a unique historical experience

Chock-full of discoveries about northern peoples

Once a storehouse, now a museum showcasing Otaru's history and nature

This museum was once a ferry that connected Japan's main island to Hokkaido

Fukumatsu Tanaka, the ”Herring Magnate” leader of a fisherman's union, built this lodge in Tomari-mura. Displays include implements related to the herring industry

All sorts of history-rich trains on display

Showcases the culture of northern tribes in expert detail

Discover the history of a beer dating back to Hokkaido's frontier age

Reproduces the streets of Fukagawa Saga-cho in the Edo Period so visitors can see the scene and lifestyle of that period.

This is one of the three greatest commemorative ships in the world. It has been preserved as a symbol of the nation’s pride that attained the victory in the naval battle for defending national independence.